• Each contestant must be either certified or registered at an established club or organization whose instructor holds at least a first-degree black belt.
• No contestant will be allowed to compete in more than one weight division.
• There shall be three belt classifications: white, brown, and black.
• At the time of weighing-in, a competent medical examiner will be present and shall disqualify any contestant judged not physically fit to compete.
• Matches in white and brown belt classifications shall be of two minutes’ duration; black-belt contests three minutes. Extension periods may be granted at the discretion of the Rules Committee.
• Each bout will be officiated by a referee, four judges and a timekeeper.
• A contest ends when three full points have been scored or at the expiration of the time limit. Three out of five officials must be in accord for a point to be scored.
• A single but controlled attack, undeflected or unblocked, that lands directly on one of the vital points, shall be considered by the judges as constituting one point providing the strongly-focused attack is executed with (a) good form and balance, (b) proper distance, and (3) explosive but controlled force.
• There can be no draws. In the event of a scoreless match the winner will be selected by a majority vote of the judges.
• When a contestant has committed any infraction of the rules the referee shall immediately disqualify him.
• Only recognized techniques can be used.

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